Absolute Justice, Kindness and Kinship — Page 289
— Part III 282 These brilliant testimonies not only work in his favour, they also prove to be dazzling signs in favour of the Holy Prophet sa. In the expression Yatl u hu minhu , it was automatically implied that the witness to follow would belong to him, being from his own umma. It is amazing how most Muslims of the latter days are ignoring this great distinction of the Holy Prophet sa and do not bother to understand the nature of the witness in his favour. They do not visualize that the great witness would be distinct from all other Muslim divines of that age. Particularly, they fail to observe that the words Sh a hidun minhu could simultaneously be translated as a witness on behalf of the Holy Prophet sa and a witness on behalf of God. This indicates that his testimony would not just be based on his own beliefs, but he would offer his testimony fulfilling the command of God. It means that it would be revealed to him by God to stand up and bear witness in favour of the Holy Prophet sa. This multiple interlinked chain of testimonies presented by the Holy Quran is also fully supported by many traditions of the Holy Prophet sa , indicating the advent of the reformer of the latter days. All the repeated prophecies regarding the advent of a Mahdi and Messiah are only links of the same chain. Such a mutually supported interlinked series of witnesses is hard to find anywhere else.